Wade Michael Page Died of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

At the New York Post, " Sikh-massacre fiend blew himself away ": The madman who gunned down Sikh worshippers blew his own brains o...

'Hatecore'

I think the New York Times is making this up, the "hatecore" part that is: " Hatecore Music Is Called White Supremacist Recru...

Wade Michael Page Was Neo-Nazi White Supremacist, Not Conservative

Following up from my earlier entries, " London's Daily Mail Features Wade Michael Page Pictured Before Huge Nazi Banner in Write-Up...

The Oak Creek Massacre and Political Ideologies

Bob Belvedere has an interesting post, " Sikh Shooting: Don’t Buy The Leftist Lies ." Read it all at the link. I wouldn't go q...

London's Daily Mail Features Wade Michael Page Pictured Before Huge Nazi Banner in Write-Up on Oak Creek Massacre

I'm planning more on the ideological aspects of the Wisconsin massacre, but I'll caution folks about arguing how the shooter was a ...

The Violent Ideology of Revolutionary Theorist Slavoj Žižek

There's no pullout quotes at John Gray's essay, at the New York Review, " The Violent Visions of Slavoj Žižek ." Read it a...

The Last Refuge of Radical America

It's Oakland, California, according to the New York Times, " Oakland, the Last Refuge of Radical America ": Why are radicals s...

The Jacobin: Chris Hayes of MSNBC

A couple of weeks back, TPM ran an interview with far-left cable host Chris Hayes, " MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: No Symmetry Between Fox News ...

Tony Blair: West Asleep About Islamist Extremism

At Telegraph UK, " Tony Blair: 'The West is asleep on the issue of Islamist extremism' ." And Piers Morgan interviews the ...

Is Obama a Socialist?

Well, it depends what you mean by "socialist." If you make a perfect equation between socialism and the totalitarian communism of ...

Mitt Romney and the New Gilded Age — Really!

I was writing tongue in cheek when I snarked about how "this year the left is so utterly bankrupt that all they can do is hit Republic...

Jonah Goldberg on Ideology

This is awesome: And see Goldberg's, The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas . And check out the new book from No...

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux Slobbers Over 'Former GOP Prodigy' Jonathan Krohn

I tweeted Johnathan Krohn during the segment: Dude! @ JonathanLKrohn , man at least try to have a compelling reason for spinelessly abandoni...

Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals

From Arthur Brooks, at the New York Times : WHO is happier about life — liberals or conservatives? The answer might seem straightforward. Af...

Aaron Worthing Beats Brett Kimberlin on Appeal of Peace Order

Just for the record, I like using Aaron's screen name, "Aaron Worthing," since he continues to use it on Twitter, and to some ...

The Return of Marxism

I don't think the new communists will pull off the full scale proletarian revolution, but there's no doubt that Marx's revolutio...

Freedom to Blog Update July 3, 2012

Apologies up front, but my blogging's been a little off these past couple of days. It's hard to keep up with the left's war on b...

'Accuse the Accusers': How It Works

Brett Kimberlin was back in court this week. See Aaron Worthing, " Breaking: John Norton Obtains Peace Order Against Convicted Terroris...

Uri Friedman's 'American Exceptionalism' Neglects Mention of Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis

It's a good essay (and it looks especially good in the glossy format at hard copy of the magazine). See: " 'American Exceptiona...

Oh, For God's Sake Leave the Oreo Cookies Alone!

I'm snagging the title from Blazing Cat Fur . Background here: " Oreo Wants You to Taste the Gay Pride Rainbow ," and " ...